US defence contractor Lockheed Martin announced the delivery in a statement on Thursday, Polish state news agency PAP reported.
The PAC-3 MSE (Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement) is a high velocity, hit-to-kill, surface-to-air missile, according to officials.
Brenda Davidson, Vice President of the PAC-3 programme at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, said the PAC-3 MSE would allow Poland to defend itself against a range of modern airborne threats, including tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and aircraft.
She declared that Lockheed Martin was ready to further develop its partnership with Poland’s defence ministry, and to support its customers across the world in being prepared for evolving threats.
Meanwhile, Robert Orzyłowski, Lockheed Martin’s director for Poland, Central and Eastern Europe, said: “PAC-3 MSE is the most modern solution in its class and a pillar of the Polish Wisła system, the top tier of the national, multi-layer ground air-defence system.”
In 2018, the Polish and US governments signed an agreement for Poland to purchase PAC-3 MSE missiles and related support equipment, to be used with Patriot air-defence systems, as part of the first of two planned phases of the Wisła medium-range air-defence programme.
Poland in March 2018 signed what officials described as a historic deal to buy two batteries (16 launchers) of the American-made Patriot missile defence system for USD 4.75 billion, the PAP news agency reported.
Thursday's announcement came as Russia’s war on Ukraine was set to enter its 380th day.
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Source: PAP, tvp.info